Have you tried this link
Creating a static front page
I have embedded blog posts using custom queries in front-page.php.
<div class="blog-post">
<h4>From the Blog</h4>
<?php query_posts('posts_per_page=1'); ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="read-more-link">Read More <span>›</span></a>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); // resets the altered query back to the original ?>
</div>
Thanks Hema,
I went back this morning and removed the permalink and I got the embedded post back on the front page, although it didn’t display the image I had with the text.
I will look at the link you suggest when I get back from work, hopefully if can explain how to get embedded posts when assigning permalinks.
I’m not a programmer so I’m not sure how to use the code you suggest.
Rosa
Do post here if you got it fixed. I am curious on how you solved it. Are you working live on your site? If so, do post your website url.
Hello Hema,
Thanks so much for getting back to me.
I am not working live on my site. Nt is still not doing what I want. What I am trying to do is to have the latest post from a dynamic page show up on my static home page. It sounds like it should be a simple thing but I can’t see how to do it.
You should be able to do this using custom query. That’s the third line in the example code I posted way above. You need to change the parameters to display the newest blog post. This is an old post but it might help you https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-5-most-recent-posts-on-top-of-indexphp?replies=21
